Miss Moneypenny - James Bond Characters Alive Summary While Miss Moneypenny isn't strictly a Bond girl , she is one of the most iconic characters within the James Bond series. Moneypenny works at MI6 as M's secretary, and throughout most of the films demonstrates an infatuation with James Bond. The Many Faces of Miss Moneypenny Moneypenny's first appearance in the James Bond universe is in the original book, Casino Royale. She has appeared throughout Ian Fleming's novels, although in a smaller role than in the movies, but the theme remains the same: Moneypenny is infatuated with Bond but never does anything to act upon her infatuation. Many people have been credited for being Ian Fleming's inspiration for the Moneypenny character. In Fleming's first draft Moneypenny was originally named Miss "Petty" Pettaval, who was a secretary to real-world MI6 Director, Stewart Menzies. The name was later changed to be less obvious. The character has also been rumored to be based upon Vera Atkins who was a secretary to "legendary spy master" Maurice Buckman who was Fleming's inspiration for M, among others.

Throughout the films, upon Bond's arrival at M's office, he flirts with Miss Moneypenny. In the earlier movies these flirtatious moments included Bond kissing and caressing Moneypenny sensually, but in more recent films the flirtation is more lighthearted and marked by an exchange of witty banter and sexual innuendos. What doesn't change across most of the films is Moneypenny's devotion to Bond despite their relationship never being anything more than professional. Because of their professional, but flirty relationship, Moneypenny is often considered an anchor that adds a bit of additional realism to the Bond films. To date, Moneypenny has been portrayed by six actresses across twenty one Bond films. Fourteen times by Lois Maxwell, twice by Caroline Bliss, four times by Samantha Bond and once each by Barbara Bouchet, Pamela Salem and Naomie Harris. Lois Maxwell Lois Maxwell portrayed Miss Moneypenny more times than any actor portrayed Bond, appearing alongside Sean Connery, George Lazenby, and then Roger Moore. Maxwell appeared in fourteen Bond films between 1962 and 1985. Terence Young, who directed the first Bond film (Dr.

No) originally turned her down for the role based on his opinion that she "looked like she smelled of soap." Maxwell fought to be cast for the role, as her husband was recovering from a heart attack at the time and she needed the money. Her role in the first film only paid £200 and Maxwell was required to provide her own clothes. Maxwell was nearly recast in 1967 after appearing in a spy spoof film alongside Sean Connery's brother Neil (aptly titled Operation Kid Brother) and then again in 1971 after demanding a pay raise. She managed to hold on to the role for several years afterwards, though. She remained in the role of Miss Moneypenny until Roger Moore's final appearance as Bond in 1985's A View to Kill. She continued using the name of her character for years after leaving the film series. Right up until 1994, Maxwell wrote a column about her on set experiences for a Canadian newspaper under the character's name.

Caroline Bliss Appearing in two Bond films, The Living Daylights and License to Kill, Bliss portrayed the role of Miss Moneypenny alongside Timothy Dalton between 1987 and 1989. Over 30 years younger than Lois Maxwell, Bliss was only 26 when cast for the role. The role was recast to bring in a younger actress, allowing the films to maintain the realism of the flirty relationship with a younger Bond. In an attempt to distance herself from the iconic-at-the-time portrayal of Moneypenny by Lois Maxwell, Bliss opted to have her version of Moneypenny wear glasses. Shamefully enough, due to script limitations the flirty relationship was actually quite limited in these two films, with Bond typically ignoring Moneypenny's flirtations. Samantha Bond Following the trend of "One Moneypenny per Bond" that began in the Dalton era, Samantha Bond played the role alongside Pierce Brosnan throughout his four film run from 1995 to 2002. Samantha Bond was actually childhood friends with previous Moneypenny, Caroline Bliss.

When asked in an interview about being replaced by a friend of hers, Bliss responded, "I am just glad it has gone to someone I love and who needs the money!" Often credited with being the first Moneypenny to have kissed James Bond, it is usually implied that it is the first time the two characters had shared a kiss, which is incorrect. It is actually just the first time where the character initiated a kiss with James. But that itself isn't even entirely true either, as the kiss was within a virtual reality device created by Q, and was basically just a "dream sequence." It is likely, though, that she is the first Moneypenny to jokingly accuse James Bond of sexual harassment. In an interview, Samantha Bond has stated "Even if you rolled all four films into one, it's still the smallest part I've ever played. It's the character that's iconic rather than anything I did with it." when asked what she thinks of being called Miss Moneypenny years after her last appearance in the role. Barbara Bouchet Barbara Bouchet is the only Moneypenny to not really be Moneypenny.

More specifically, in the first iteration of the film Casino Royale (1967) Bouchet plays Miss Moneypenny's daughter. The first Casino Royale is the first of two Bond films to be made by a different production company, and doesn't necessarily follow the same format of the core series. In fact, the earlier version of Casino Royale was made to be a satirical spin-off of the Bond series due to the producers belief that they couldn't compete with the core production team. The explanation provided within the film of Bouchet playing Miss Moneypenny's daughter is a little bit unnecessary - throughout the rest of the film she is referred to only as Moneypenny. Pamela Salem The second of two actresses to play the role in the unofficial Bond films, Salem portrayed Moneypenny in 1983's Never Say Never Again. She is the only actress to play the role alongside Sean Connery, other than the original Moneypenny, Lois Maxwell. Naomie Harris The newest Moneypenny and an entirely brand new take on the character. Following the reboot of the series in 2006, the Moneypenny character had yet to appear in a Bond film alongside Daniel Craig.

With 2012's Skyfall, Moneypenny is back with a more complete backstory and even a first name. As a field agent who considers herself Bond's equal, Moneypenny makes some mistakes. Throughout the course of the movie she becomes M's secretary, putting her in the place of the Moneypenny we know and love. There is also debate among critics as to whether or not Harris portrays the first Moneypenny to have slept with James Bond, but it is never suggested directly in the films that she has. Throughout Skyfall's development, it was kept secret that Naomie Harris was portrayed the Moneypenny role. Throughout the movie she goes by her first name only and it is later revealed that her last name is Moneypenny. While it's too early to tell how this most recent iteration of the Moneypenny character will compare to the previous versions, it's reassuring to see the new films returning to the roots of the series and bringing back such iconic characters. Miss Moneypenny | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share All the major versions of Moneypenny depicted in the Eon film series.

Miss Moneypenny is the fictional secretary to M , the head of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6). Although she has a small part in the films, it is always highlighted by the underscored romantic tension between her and Bond (something that is virtually nonexistent in Ian Fleming 's novels, though somewhat more apparent in the Bond novels of John Gardner and Raymond Benson ). On that note, she is not always considered to be a Bond girl , having never had anything more than a professional relationship with Bond, to her dismay. According to the movie You Only Live Twice, she holds the rank of Second Officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service. To date she has been portrayed by Lois Maxwell , Caroline Bliss , Samantha Bond and Naomie Harris in the EON Productions series of films, with two unofficial portrayals. Bond Girls: Introduction James Bond Girls Introduction Greatest James Bond Girls: A requisite key feature of all of the James Bond films has been the inclusion of one or more Bond girls, serving as sex objects and often as major characters opposite agent 007. The larger-than-life females usually became Bond's love interest (often reluctantly but then enthusiastically), although there were some exceptions.

A few of the Bond girls were actually "bad" (although some switched allegiances), indicated by this icon: Suggestive Named Bond Girls: In some cases, they were given sexually-suggestive names: Plenty O'Toole (tool=slang for male member) Pussy Galore Dr. Holly Goodhead ('to give head'=oral sex) Xenia Onatopp ('on-a-top') Chew Mee Kissy Suzuki and more! Total Film Magazine (April 2008 issue) also produced their own list of the top 20 Greatest Bond Girls (all included here), described as "toxic vixens and pouty princesses. Filthy names and dirty tricks. 007's best mates..." Greatest Bond Girls in James Bond Films (chronological, each Bond film a separate page) Casino Royale (2006) | Quantum of Solace (2008) | Skyfall (2012) | Spectre (2015) | Unofficial Never Say Never Again (1983) Please Note: This introductory page highlights the contributions of Miss Moneypenny to the popular series - a character who has significantly evolved over the years.

Although Miss Moneypenny, MI6's secretary, was not really a Bond girl, she was a Bond regular and ally who appeared as a flirtatious, unrequited love-interest character in the first 20 official Bond films, portrayed by three different actresses (Lois Maxwell, Caroline Bliss, and Samantha Bond). Then, after two films without the character, a fourth actress (Naomie Harris) portrayed Miss Eve Moneypenny with a new persona in the 23rd and 24th Bond films, who didn't only sit in the office, but engaged in the action. Title Screen Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond Films Screenshots 1962 to 1985 Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell) First 14 Bond Films (1962-1985) (from Dr. No (1962) to A View to a Kill (1985) ) Films included: Dr.

No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983) and A View to a Kill (1985). Miss Moneypenny (Canadian actress Lois Maxwell) appeared opposite two Bonds (Sean Connery and Roger Moore), in 14 films over 23 years. She was the original Moneypenny character, portraying the loyal, hard-working secretary to the British Secret Service's "M" (Bernard Lee and Robert Brown), Bond's superior at MI6. She always hijacked Bond in the outer office and playfully and flirtatiously attempted to get attention, or a date for dinner. She was often jealous of his other female friends.

She almost always received restrained cheek-to-cheek embraces, because Bond was always busy and evasive or had conflicting appointments. Their banter was often listened to by "M" through their intercom system. In You Only Live Twice (1967) , Moneypenny was able to get Bond (Connery) to say "I Love You" to her, but it was only a code-word ("something that you wouldn't forget"). She insisted that he repeat the three words to her "to make sure you get it." Bond reassured her: "Don't worry. I get it." However, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) , after intervening when an angered Bond (Lazenby) threatened to resign, she changed his dictated message to "M" to a request for two weeks leave. Afterwards, Bond thanked her with a kiss on the lips, and she was pleasantly surprised.

From Russia With Love (1964) You Only Live Twice (1967) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Miss Moneypenny (Pamela Salem) Unofficial Bond film: Never Say Never Again (1983) In this unofficial Bond film, actor Sean Connery reprised his role as Bond in a one-time return engagement. Pamela Salem was alongside him as the straight character role of Miss Moneypenny. Bond left the office of M (Edward Fox) after being scolded for losing his skills and abilities: "Is your edge sharp enough? That's the difference between a double-0 and a corpse." M had little use for the double-0's, and thought that Bond maybe had "too many free radicals...toxins that destroy the body and the brain" by eating too much red meat and white bread and drinking "too many dry martinis." Bond was ordered to shape up with a "strict regimen of diet and exercise" to purge the toxins -- at a health clinic outside London called Shrublands.

As Bond left the office, he told M's secretary Miss Moneypenny (Pamela Salem) his new assignment: "to eliminate all free radicals." She looked concerned and urged: "Do be careful." When called back into action and being briefed late one night on terror suspect SPECTRE No. 1 Maximilian Largo (Klaus Maria Brandauer) in the offices of MI6, Bond was interrupted by Moneypenny. He stated that it was late and she should be "in bed." She replied: "James, we both should be." She escorted him to M, mentioning that Bond was back in business: "Welcome home." Miss Moneypenny (Caroline Bliss) Caroline Bliss appeared only twice in a fairly minor role as love-starved, bespectacled Miss Moneypenny, in the 15th-16th Bond films (over a two-year period) - two Timothy Dalton films. At 26, she was the youngest actress to play the role.

The Living Daylights (1987) 17th-20th Bond films (1995-2002) (from GoldenEye (1995) to Die Another Day (2002) ) Samantha Bond appeared as secretary Miss Moneypenny in the 17th-20th Bond films over a seven year period, four films - all the Pierce Brosnan films. In the first film GoldenEye (1995) , she played hard-to-get and joked with Bond that their conversation could qualify as sexual harrassment. Bond asked if there was a penalty. Moneypenny asserted: "Someday you have to make good on your innuendos." In Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) , she interrupted Bond by phone, while he was making love to gorgeous blonde Danish professor, Inga Bergstrom (Cecilie Thomsen). She said he would have to "kiss off" his Danish lesson due to an international emergency - the British fleet was being deployed to China.

She ended the call with a clever double entendre: "You always were a cunning linguist, James." In another scene, she joked after M (Judi Dench) encouraged Bond to womanize in order to get information: "You'll just have to decide how much pumping is needed, James." Displeased with the idea, Bond responded: "If only that were true of you and I, Moneypenny." In the third film, The World is Not Enough (1999) , at MI6 Headquarters in London, England, Bond presented Moneypenny with a cigar case - she joked: "How romantic. I know exactly where to put that" and promptly tossed it into her trash-basket. He responded: "The story of our relationship: Close, but no cigar." She was finally able to consummate her passionate love for Bond in the fourth film Die Another Day (2002) . However, it was within a Virtual Reality setting. In fact, she had no actual contact with Bond in real-life (a Bond film first) - their two encounters in the film were both in Virtual Reality simulations.

GoldenEye (1995) Bond Girls: Die Another Day (2002) Die Another Day (2002) Greatest Bond Girls in James Bond Films Title Screen Film Title/Year/Director, Bond Girl (Actress) Screenshots d. Lee Tamahori "Peaceful" Fountains of Desire (Rachel Grant) In the opening of the film before and during the credits, Bond (Pierce Brosnan) had been tortured for 14 months in a North Korean prison, but then released on a prisoner exchange with an international N. Korean terrorist named Zao (Rick Yune). His superior M (Judi Dench) explained how she had not approved of her agent's release, since she believed he had "cracked under torture" in prison and was "hemorraging information." Bond's license as 007 was abruptly rescinded, although he felt he had been betrayed by a double-agent mole within MI6. Bond escaped the medical facility (on a British ship in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor) to avoid being sent to the Faulklands, and talked his way into his "usual suite" within the Rubyeon Royale Hotel. Compliments of manager Mr.

Chang (Ho Yi), "Peaceful" Fountains of Desire (Rachel Grant), a pretty masseuse, appeared at Bond's door to provide services. She instructed: "On the bed please, face down." When he kissed her and attempted to seduce her, "Peaceful" explained: "I'm not that kind of masseuse." He grabbed a hidden gun from her thigh holster, disarmed her and exclaimed: "I'm not that kind of customer." He then shattered a large closet mirror in the room with a heavy glass ashtray, revealing Chang and three other secret service personnel surreptitiously attempting to film them. He knew that Chang was part of Chinese Intelligence trying to besmirch his name with incriminating footage. He assured Chang that as a representative of the British, he wasn't there to take back Hong Kong. He told Chang of his real mission -- to track down terrorist Zao (who had killed three Chinese secret service agents) for "a chance to get even. Zao has information I need." Bond wanted Chang's assistance to locate Zao, and was told: "I'll have to ask Beijing." The massage with "Peaceful" was cancelled, and Chang ordered her from the room.

Die Another Day (2002) Miss Moneypenny (Samantha Bond) There were two scenes in this film that featured Bond regular Miss Moneypenny (Samantha Bond in her fourth and last appearance), and both were related to Virtual Reality simulations. In the first sequence, a Virtual Reality training session for James Bond (Pierce Brosnan), the 007 agent was in his MI6 office in London. From the hallway he heard muffled shots and found dead bodies, including that of secretary Miss Moneypenny (Samantha Bond) with a lethal bullet wound in her forehead. In the second sequence at the very end of the film, Miss Moneypenny was typing a news release at her desk computer. It stated that a "freak electrical storm" had caused the ravaging of a North Korean minefield. Bond entered the office and Moneypenny straightened his tie. He kissed her, and she aggressively pulled on his tie, drawing him on top of her on her desk (she signed: "Oh, James"). As they passionately made out, gadgets-master Q (John Cleese) interrupted Moneypenny's unscheduled VR session.

Embarrassed, she excused herself: "I was, uhm, just testing it out" and buttoned the top button on her blouse. He replied: "It's rather hard, isn't it?" She responded: "Yes, very." Die Another Day (2002) Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson (Halle Berry) Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson (Halle Berry) made a dramatic, slow-motion entrance - first seen through Bond's (Brosnan) binoculars from a Cuban restaurant onshore. She recreated the famous Ursula Andress rising-from-the-sea scene from Dr. No (1962) in a skimpy bright orange bikini. After she strolled into the bar area, he commented: "Magnificent view." Introducing herself (although Bond was unaware of her occupation), she said her nickname was Jinx because she was born on Friday the 13th.

They flirtatiously chit-chatted a bit until Bond, posing as a bird-watcher, asked if she had time - she replied coyly: "Until dawn, what about you?...So what do predators do when the sun goes down?" Bond responded: "They feast like there's no tomorrow." In the next scene that evening, the two vigorously made steamy love, during which she asked: "Are you always this frisky?" He replied: "I've been missing the touch of a good woman." She opened a switchblade knife: "Who says I'm good?" and then sliced a piece of exotic fruit for them to share. The next day, she was revealed to be working at cross-purposes to Bond. She took a boat from the jetty to Isla de Los Organos, posing as a patient negotiating to have DNA replacement therapy for $2 million, where terrorist Zao (Rick Zune) was having his appearance altered. She killed the clinic's head Dr. Alvarez (Simon Andreu) and blew up his office, as Bond confronted notorious terrorist Zao undergoing treatment at the same time, but became trapped in the clinic due to the explosion.

Zao jumped from a window and escaped to an awaiting ambulance helicopter - both Bond and "Jinx" pursued the copter as it flew away, but Zao successfully evaded them. She was held at gunpoint at the clinic wall's edge - and to the amazement of two guards (and Bond), stripped to a pink bikini before taking a backwards (CGI-assisted) escape dive off the steep cliff into the ocean. Jinx next appeared at diamond merchant Gustav Graves' (Toby Stephens) Ice Palace demonstration in Iceland, driving a dark red Ford Thunderbird. At the evening's formal event, she met Bond at the bar, noting that she had left him "in an explosive situation. You're a big boy. Figured you could handle yourself." She said she was a girl "who doesn't like to get tied down." She introduced herself to another Bond Girl, Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike), as Miss Swift from Space and Technology Magazine. Miranda asked: "I take it Mr.

Bond's been explaining his Big-Bang theory." She cleverly replied: "Oh yeah, I think I got the thrust of it." After the evening's presentation, she stealthily blew a hole in one of the bio-dome windows of Graves' fake diamond mine, and descended on a rope after attaching her rope ascender-descender gadget. Under Graves' Dream Machine mask, she found Zao and attempted to kill him, but was zapped with Graves' 100,000 volt Icarus control device and knocked unconscious. She was tied down by Zao and tortured with electric shocks on a robotic torture table with multiple laser arms. Restrained on the table, Jinx was saved from being lasered to death by villain Mr. Kil (Lawrence Makoare) when Bond came to her rescue, and together they coordinated Kil's death by projecting a laser beam through the back of his skull. As he freed her, she admitted her true identity -- she worked for the NSA (National Security Agency), putting them on the same side.

However, she was soon imprisoned by Miranda and Graves in one of the ice palace's room as the destructive Icarus laser beam was aimed at the massive structure, to melt it and drown her. Jinx was lifeless and half-drowned in the flooded room as Bond smashed his Aston-Martin through its doors, and she rolled onto the top of his car's hood with the rush of water. Then he used his sonic-agitator ring to break his windshield and drag Jinx into the car. He drove through the outer wall of the Ice Palace, and rushed with her body to an outdoor hot-spa, where he administered CPR mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to save her. When she revived, she exclaimed: "What took you so long?" She accompanied Bond on a secret mission into North Korea to prevent Graves' planned invasion of South Korea. Onboard Graves' massive cargo plane, she knocked out the pilot and took the controls, and steadied the plane when it was depressurized.

She defensively fought to the death against villainous Miranda Frost in a sword/knife battle - after two backflips to evade Miranda, Jinx stuck a dagger through "The Art of War" booklet and impaled it into Miranda's chest - and thrust it deeper with a karate kick, retorting: "Read this - Bitch!" Later, Jinx described the killing to Bond: "I think I broke her heart." She quipped to Bond: "Looks like we're going down together" as the two agents faced death from the crashing fiery plane. However, just a few feet from the ground, Bond steadied the copter and saved them, adding: "Now, you said something about going down together?" In the film's final scene, Bond had landed the helicopter outside a bamboo shack, on a bluff above a deserted beach. Jinx suggestively spoke, in voice-over (off-screen): "Wait, don't pull it out.

I'm not finished with it yet." He responded: "See, it's a perfect fit." She answered: "Leave it in" and Bond replied: "It's gotta come out sooner or later." As the camera panned to the right, they were seen resting on the floor, with diamonds scattered all around them, as she begged: "No, leave it in, please. A few more minutes." They both were referring to a diamond fitted in her belly-button. As he kissed her, he mused: "I'm still not quite sure how good you are." She assured him: "I am so good." Bond: "Especially when you're bad." She giggled as the screen turned to black. This was the first Bond film with an African-American female (and Oscar-winner) as the lead Bond girl. Die Another Day (2002) Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) Mysterious blonde publicist Miranda Frost was first seen outside Buckingham Palace in London, where her boss, risk-taking adventurer and diamond merchant Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens), was about to be knighted by the Queen.

He had jumped from a small plane with a Union Jack parachute and landed amidst a crowd of paparazzi photographers (and Bond). Soon after, she was spotted at the exclusive St. James's Street club called 'Blades', where Bond was told by his thinly-veiled lesbian fencing instructor Verity (Madonna as a leather dominatrix) that Miranda, her "gorgeous" protege, was the "finest blade" in the club - and a gold medal winner at the Sydney Olympics (by default when her opponent OD'd on steroids). After a prolonged sabre-sword duel between an enraged Graves and Bond, Miranda ended it when she came between the two, after blood was drawn from Graves' torso, and called out: "That is enough." After his defeat, Graves paid off Bond with a cheque, and invited him to a weekend "scientific demonstration" of his Icarus project in Iceland. Bond questioned Miranda: "Can I expect the pleasure of you in Iceland?" She shot back: "I'm sure you'll never have that pleasure, Mr.

Bond." However, a few scenes later, she met with Bond's superior M (Judi Dench), serving as a new undercover MI6 agent in training with M before her mission to Iceland to shadow James Bond - while continuing her spying on Graves. She explained what she already know about the "wild" 00 Bond: "He'll light the fuse on any explosive situation and be a danger to himself and others. Kill first, ask questions later....A man nobody can get close to. A womanizer." She feared: "A man like him could blow my cover." She had been on the case for three months after volunteering, and claimed: "Graves seems to be clean," although Bond believed differently. During her three years in Cryptology, M was curious why she hadn't fraternized with any fellow agents despite frequent advances. Miranda stated it would be "foolish" to get involved with Bond. At Graves' Ice Palace in Iceland, she ushered Bond to his ice suite before the formal event of the night.

He forwardly asked: "Would you like to show me more?" Shortly later, when Miranda was introduced to another James Bond Girl, Jinx (Halle Berry), who identified herself as Miss Swift from Space and Technology Magazine, Miranda asked: "I take it Mr. Bond's been explaining his Big-Bang theory." Jinx cleverly replied: "Oh yeah, I think I got the thrust of it." After the evening's presentation by Graves of the Icarus satellite harnessing solar energy, Bond was detected as an intruder by guards outside. Miranda saved him when she pulled him aside into dark shadows and passionately kissed him - revealing herself as a fellow MI6 agent, but also worried: "M warned me this would happen." Bond encouraged her to be more convincing with another kiss: "Come on, put your back into it." Although she followed his instruction, she also added: "Remember, I know all about you, 007. Sex for dinner, death for breakfast.

Well, it's not gonna work with me." He complimented her: "You're getting good at this." Bond convinced her to stay with him overnight in his suite: "Keep up the charade of being lovers." As her dress dropped to the floor, she admired how he had been there for two hours before anything had blown up: "The way you're going, you'll get us both killed." She slipped naked into an ice swan-shaped bed with Bond as he told her how he had been betrayed in North Korea: "Occupational hazard." As he kissed her, she exclaimed: "This is crazy. You're a Double-O." He responded: "It's only a number." After making love to him, Miranda returned to her own room, and Bond promised to come back for her. A little bit later, Bond held Graves at gunpoint, knowing that he was previously rogue North Korean weapons-dealer Colonel Moon who had used gene therapy to radically alter his appearance. Miranda approached and held a gun on Graves -- (Graves: "Miss Frost is not all she seems." Bond: "Looks can be deceptive") -- and then swiveled her gun to face it toward Bond.

She was the traitorous double-agent mole who had betrayed him in Korea (Graves: "She was right under your nose"). When Bond attempted to fire his gun, Miranda told how she had sabotaged it when they slept together. Graves explained how he fatally poisoned Frost's opponent in the Olympics in order to win her loyalty (Graves: "I won myself my very own MI6 agent using everything at my disposal: her brains, her talent, even her sex" Bond: "The coldest weapon of all"). When Graves ordered Miranda to shoot and kill Bond (Miranda: "I enjoyed last night, James, but it really is death for breakfast"), he activated his sonic agitator ring to crash through the glass floor they were standing on, sending both him and Miranda to the jungle floor below, before escaping. Later, when confronting Jinx and commenting on her martial arts kick that flattened Zao, she boasted of her sexual exploits with Bond: "Nice moves, just like Bond. He was pretty vigorous last night as well." Jinx retorted: "He did you? I didn't know he was that desperate." Miranda threatened Jinx with death and then locked her up.

The final match-up between Jinx and Miranda came onboard Graves' massive cargo plane. Miranda was intent on killing her after Jinx's drowning had failed: "I'll have to try something more to the point." The two fought to the death in a sword/knife battle - and she was killed when Jinx stabbed her with a dagger stuck through "The Art of War" booklet and impaled it into Miranda's chest - and thrust it deeper with a karate kick, retorting: "Read this - Bitch!" Miranda and Jinx Sword/Knife Fight to the Death Greatest Bond Girls in James Bond Films (chronological, each Bond film a separate page) Miss Moneypenny : definition of Miss Moneypenny and synonyms of Miss Moneypenny (English) Samantha Bond (1995–2002) Miss Moneypenny, is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. She is secretary to M , who is Bond's boss and head of the British Secret Service ( MI6 ).

Although she has a small part in the films, it is always highlighted by the underscored romantic tension between her and Bond (something that is virtually nonexistent in Ian Fleming 's novels, though somewhat more apparent in the Bond novels of John Gardner and Raymond Benson ). On that note, she is not always considered to be a Bond girl , having never had anything more than a professional relationship with Bond, to her disdain. According to the movie You Only Live Twice , she holds the rank of Second Officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service . Contents 6 Notes Inspirational basis of the character In Ian Fleming 's first draft of Casino Royale , Moneypenny's name was originally "Miss 'Petty' Pettaval", which was taken from Kathleen Pettigrew, the personal assistant to MI6 director Stewart Menzies . Fleming changed it to be less obvious. [1] Other candidates for Moneypenny's inspiration include Vera Atkins of Special Operations Executive ; Paddy Ridsdale , a Naval Intelligence secretary; [1] and Joan Bright Astley , whom Fleming dated during World War II , and who was noted for giving a warm and friendly reception to senior officers who visited her office to view confidential papers.

[2] The BBC has used the term "Fleming's Miss Moneypenny" when referring to Jean Frampton, who typed out the manuscripts for Fleming's works and made plot suggestions to him, even though the two never met. [3] [4] Character summary Miss Moneypenny is the confidential clerk and private secretary to M , the head of MI6. She holds the rank of Lieutenant RN, which is a prerequisite rank for this position. She is cleared for Top-Secret, Eyes-Only and Cabinet-Level intelligence reports, the latter of which she is often required to prepare, and in some cases present. M's personal assistant is utterly dedicated to her work, which means she has little time for a social life. A close confidante of her boss, she also enjoys a flirtatious — though never consummated — relationship with 007 , whom she understands perfectly. Role of the character "Of course she's in love with Bond, but she's too much a lady to go chasing after him. So she smiles and bides her time. In a way, you can't blame her.

Every woman would like to live dangerously with James Bond, if only for 20 minutes, or half a night..." Lois Maxwell [5] In both the Bond novels and films based upon them, Moneypenny is smitten with Bond. For example, in the novel Thunderball , Fleming wrote that she "often dreamed hopelessly about Bond." However, she never explicitly voices these feelings. Miss Moneypenny's role in Fleming's novels is even smaller than her role in the films. In the novels, Bond also has his own secretary, Loelia Ponsonby and later Mary Goodnight , both of whose lines and relationships were often transferred to Miss Moneypenny for the films. As a rule, Moneypenny generally never directly participates in Bond's missions. In the film Octopussy , Moneypenny has an assistant named Penelope Smallbone, who appears to be equally smitten with Bond, despite a "thorough briefing" on the subject by Moneypenny. Intended as either a foil or a replacement for Moneypenny, Smallbone appeared only that once.

In most of the Bond films, there is a scene, usually Bond's arrival at M's office, in which Bond and Moneypenny exchange witty, flirtatious conversation. ("Flattery will get you nowhere, but don't stop trying.") In the earlier films, these exchanges are more sexually charged, with Bond often kissing or caressing Moneypenny sensually. In Die Another Day she puts on Q 's virtual reality glasses and sees Bond walking casually into her room and tossing his hat on the hook. He tells her how much he loves her and knocks everything off her desk and the two start to kiss. Q later wakes her up from the daydream. In the original film version of Casino Royale , actress Barbara Bouchet plays M's current secretary, and explains to Sir James Bond (played by David Niven ) upon their first meeting that she is actually Miss Moneypenny's daughter. She is referred to thereafter, and in the closing credits, as Moneypenny. Since the character's first appearance in Casino Royale , neither Fleming nor any succeeding Bond novelist or screenwriter gave Moneypenny a first name.

In a number of books and at least one film, Bond refers to her by the nickname "Penny" (a shortened version of her last name). The Moneypenny Diaries gives her a first name: Jane. After Lois Maxwell's death, Roger Moore recalled that she would have liked to have seen Moneypenny become the new M after Moore's retirement. She had suggested herself for the role of M but had been turned down. "I think it was a great disappointment to her that she had not been promoted to play M. She would have been a wonderful M." [6] The Moneypenny Diaries Further information: The Moneypenny Diaries On October 10, 2005, John Murray published the first of three Ian Fleming Publications ' sanctioned novels, written by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook , entitled The Moneypenny Diaries, a trilogy from the point of view of Miss Moneypenny. The rest of the trilogy was released over the next three years. Actresses Moneypenny has been played by five different actresses in the Bond films - three in the Eon film series, plus one each in the non-Eon films.

Though she does not appear in the 2006 Bond film, Casino Royale (the first James Bond film in which she doesn't appear), a reference arises in a scene between Bond and Vesper Lynd . In the scene, Vesper appears for the first time introducing herself with "I'm the money" (referring to her role as a Treasury accountant), to which Bond replies, while looking her over, "Every penny of it." In the film, M's personal secretary is a male character named Villiers. The character is again absent from the sequel, Quantum of Solace . Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny in Thunderball. Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny in The Living Daylights. Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny in Tomorrow Never Dies Eon Productions series The Evolution of Miss Moneypenny! | moviepilot.com The Evolution of Miss Moneypenny! November 03, 2015 at 04:34PM By Derek Walters , writer at Creators.co For all things movies, comics, and superheroes...keep it right here!

Follow me on Twitter at @DerekWalters2 If you don't know anything about about Miss Moneypenny, this is what Wikipedia has to say: Moneypenny is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. She is secretary to M, who is Bond's boss and head of the British Secret Service (MI6). Although she has a small part in most of the films, it is always highlighted by the underscored romantic tension between her and Bond (something that is virtually nonexistent in Ian Fleming's novels, though somewhat more apparent in the Bond novels of John Gardner and Raymond Benson). On that note, she is not always considered to be a Bond girl, having never had anything more than a professional relationship with Bond, to her dismay. Although not given a first name by Fleming, the character was given the name Jane in the spin-off series of books, The Moneypenny Diaries; in the films, she received the first name of Eve in Skyfall, where the character spent time as a field agent before becoming secretary to M. According to the film You Only Live Twice, she holds the rank of second officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service.

Lois Maxwell The original movie Moneypenny, appeared in 15 James Bond films between 1962 and 1985. Barbara Bouchet Appeared in Casino Royale (1967) and had a part in the 2002 film Gangs of New York. Pamela Salem Was Moneypenny in Never Say Never Again (1983), which marked Sean Connery's one-time return from Bond retirement. Caroline Bliss Was in two movies starring Timothy Dalton as Bond, 1987-89. At 26, she was the youngest actress to play the role. Samantha Bond Was the front-office female during the Pierce Brosnan years (1995-2002). She went on to play Lady Rosamund Painswick on TV's Downton Abbey. Naomie Harris The only actress to play Moneypenny that was also given a first name, Eve, in 2012's Skyfall. Also the current Moneypenny. Naomie played the mysterious "goddess" Tia Dalma in two Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

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Question: Between 1995 and 2002 which suitably named actress played Miss Moneypenny on film?
Answer: SAMANTHA BOND